The Sixth Sense

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Critics' Reviews

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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
The 11-year-old Osment evokes the boy's terror and awful predicament so memorably, you'll never forget him.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Mike Clark
The filmmaker keeps upping the ante with surprises until the plot-twist beaut that concludes the picture - a shocker that, upon reflection, is probably the one ending that wouldn't have fallen a little flat.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Carrie Rickey
An unnerving and astonishing thriller.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
It's a psychological thriller that actually thrills.Read Full Review »
80
LOS ANGELES TIMES: John Anderson
So disarmingly eerie it's virtually guaranteed to rattle the most jaded of cages.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
Has a kind of calm, sneaky self-confidence that allows it to take us down a strange path, intriguingly.Read Full Review »
70
NewsWeek: Walaika Haskins
Although the film occasionally descends into mawkishness, Shyamalan is skilled at bringing the tension to excruciating heights.Read Full Review »
70
Time: Richard Schickel
Unfolds with a patient intelligence. The Sixth Sense might not scare you out of your wits, but it could reward them.Read Full Review »
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Slate: David Edelstein
Ultimately, it has less in common with "Blair Witch" than with such quivering lumps of sentiment as "Ghost" and Field of Dreams."Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Stephen Hunter
It's like an enema to the soul as it probes the ways of death ? some especially grotesque in a family setting. You leave slightly asquirm. You know it will linger.Read Full Review »
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